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Known for never backpedaling his scandalous statements, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the co-founder of France’s right-wing National Front party who died on Tuesday aged 96, amassed a series of controversies throughout his time in the political arena — from calling the infamous Nazi gas chambers a “detail” of World War II, to publicly hurling homophobic slurs at political opponents. From Holocaust denial to homophobia: Jean-Marie Le Pen’s controversies

Accused of belonging to the Palestinian group Hamas, which was then Bashar Al-Assad’s bête noire, Mohamar Ouda was arrested by the Syrian army in Yarmouk in 2015. He spent seven years in prison, where his executioners inflicted all kinds of torture on him that still haunt him day and night. Seven years of torture by Assad’s executioners: ‘I will never forgive them’

A fast-moving wildfire broke out Tuesday northeast of Los Angeles hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood along the coast, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.  High winds spread second Los Angeles wildfire as tens of thousands evacuated

Iran slams Macron’s ‘deceitful’ remarks on its role as a regional security threat Iran’ foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s claim that Iran posed the main security threat in the Middle East. Macron on Monday said Iran was accelerating its nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at making a nuclear bomb. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the comments as “baseless, contradictory, and speculative,” and called for France “to reconsider its non-constructive approaches to peace and stability”.  Iran slams Macron’s ‘deceitful’ remarks on its role as a regional security threat

Much of Wednesday’s newspapers continue their front page coverage of the ongoing spat between the UK and Elon Musk – and the latest from the Trump inner circle. 

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, including 7 children Israeli forces have killed at least 49 Palestinians in Gaza in the past day, according to medical officials. A wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza’s southern district of Khan Younis on Tuesday evening, killing a dozen people, seven of them children, officials said. At least five strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis, including one in the Al-Mawasi area where thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in tents along the coast. Four children were killed when a drone strike hit their tent in the Al-Mawasi area, the territory’s health ministry reported. A…

The cheapest supermarket of 2024 has been named – and it’s not Lidl The cheapest supermarket in 2024 has been revealed by consumer website Which?. Using an independent price comparison website, the research tracked thousands of grocery prices across eight of the UK’s biggest supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose – to find out how much each shop was charging for everyday items throughout the year. And the winner is… Aldi. The German discounter beat its supermarket rival Lidl as the cheapest. The results showed a December shopping list of 56 groceries cost £100.29 on…

Jess Phillips says her ‘world turned upside down’ by Elon Musk social media attacks Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has spoken about her fears for her safety after Elon Musk unleashed a torrent of abuse against her over the child groming scandal. Ms Phillips found herself at the centre of an international storm when she decided not to agree to a national inquiry into child grooming and rape across towns in the north of England because one had already been conducted. The attacks were led by the X social media platform boss who described her as “a witch” and a “rape…

Hours after US President Joe Biden welcomed exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia in the US, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said seven foreigners, including two Americans, had been arrested for planning unspecified “terrorist acts” days prior to Maduro’s inauguration into a third presidential term. Two Americans, five other 'mercenaries' detained in Venezuela

Panama tells Trump canal sovereignty is ‘non-negotiable’ Panama reiterated on Tuesday that the sovereignty of its eponymous ship canal was not up for discussion after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to regain control. “The sovereignty of our canal is not negotiable and is part of our history of struggle,” Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha said, adding that President Jose Raul Mulino had made his stance clear. Trump made the remarks during a rambling news conference held at his home in southern Florida, which was supposed to be about Emirati investment in US technology. But the president-elect went off-track,…